nipping

英 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

美 [ˈnɪpɪŋ]

adj.  锋利的；刺骨的；尖酸刻薄的

GRE

柯林斯词典

• VERB 迅速前往;急忙赶往
  If younipsomewhere, usually somewhere nearby, you go there quickly or for a short time.
  1. Should I nip out and get some groceries?...
     要我赶紧出去一趟买些食品吗？
  2. Wayne is always nipping down to the corner shop for him...
     韦恩总是一溜烟跑到街角商店找他。
  3. Beasley told me he'd seen you, so I nipped straight home.
     比斯利告诉我他看到你了，所以我就赶快直接回家了。
• VERB 轻咬;轻掐;轻捏
  If an animal or personnipsyou, they bite you lightly or squeeze a piece of your skin between their finger and thumb.
  1. I have known cases where dogs have nipped babies...
     我知道有一些狗咬婴儿的事情。
  2. He nipped Billy's cheek with two rough fingers.
     他用两个粗糙的手指捏了捏比利的脸蛋。
  3. Nipis also a noun.
     
  4. Some ants can give you a nasty nip.
     一些蚂蚁会咬得你很疼。
• N-COUNT (烈性酒的)一小口，一呷，少量
  Anipis a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
  1. She had a habit of taking an occasional nip from a flask of cognac.
     她有偶尔喝一小口干邑的习惯。
• tonipsomethingin the bud→ see:bud

英英释义

adj

• pleasantly cold and invigorating
  1. crisp clear nights and frosty mornings
  2. a nipping wind
  3. a nippy fall day
  4. snappy weather
  Synonym:crispfrostynippysnappy
• capable of wounding
  1. a barbed compliment
  2. a biting aphorism
  3. pungent satire
  Synonym:barbedbitingpungentmordacious

双语例句

• Our small cafe has been nipping at the heels of the large coffee chains.
  我们的小咖啡厅正紧咬著大型咖啡连锁店的生意。
• The postman ran away with the dog nipping at his heel.
  邮递员跑开了，狗在身后紧追着要咬他。
• The dog was nipping at her ankles.
  那狗咬着她的脚腕子了。
• A remarkable example is the low-set Corgi, perhaps one foot tall at the shoulders, that can drive a herd of cows many times its size to pasture by leaping and nipping at their heels.
  显着的例子是低设置威尔士矮脚狗，也许一只脚，身高在肩膀上，即可以驾驶一群奶牛很多次，其大小牧场跨越式和锋利在其继。
• Successful cockatoo families must be able to accommodate a little screaming every now and again; a little nipping, sometimes; and occasional demolition of human possessions.
  成功的鹦鹉家庭必须能够容纳它时常一点的尖叫，小咬，有时，偶尔破坏人类的财产。
• After being abandoned by their mothers shortly after birth, the four play fight, nipping and teasing each other, and cuddling up for a shared nap when they are worn out.
  这四个出生不久就被它们的各自的母亲遗弃的小动物相互戏耍打闹，玩累了变抱成一团小睡一会儿。
• While Silicon Valley is the largest and most enduring locus of tech innovation, a number of cities around the planet are nipping at its heels: Tel Aviv, Berlin, Bangalore.
  尽管硅谷仍是最大也是最持久的科技创新中心，不过世界上的不少城市正在急起直追：特拉维夫、柏林、班加罗尔。
• The gardener was nipping off the side shoots from his chrysanthemums.
  园丁正在把菊花的边芽掐掉。
• The bombs had already exploded, so advising people against nipping out for a sandwich did not seem the most logical of responses.
  炸弹已经炸了，建议人们不要出去吃三明治，这样的回应方式似乎不合逻辑。
• But even in this more international setting, foreign banks are suddenly finding that Chinese rivals, such as China International Capital Corp and Citic, are nipping at their heels.
  可即便是在这个更具国际化色彩的环境下，外资银行猛然发现，诸如中国国际金融有限公司（ChinaInternationalCapitalCorp.）和中信（Citic）等中国竞争对手，也正在一点点蚕食它们的领地。